Question coming from a sophomore

<p>I'm a sophomore in high school and I am a computer science major. by the end of my senior year I will have: 3 years of foreign language, 4 years of english, 4 years of science, 4 years of math, 4 years of social studies, and some electives.</p>

<p>My question is do I really need to take physics for college admissions?! I don't have enough room to fit any physics in, and if it's AP Physics, then I would have to take regular phyics first, and then AP physics (that is 2 years of just physics which I don't have room for).</p>

<p>Do I really need physics for my major especially?</p>

<p>anyone? bumppp</p>

<p>Most schools don't review applicants in the context of their prospective major. Unless if you're applying to, like MIT, in which case you would need physics.</p>

<p>Try to take physics over the summer or something.</p>

<p>umm yes take regular physics, its pretty easy and it will get you prepped for upper level work that comp. science majors have to take in college... physics is required in college so you might as well learn the basics now</p>

<p>But if I take physics it will have to be my senior year, and I'm already trying to fit in more classes for my senior year schedule (I've made an example of junior year and senior schedules as i'm only a sophomore right now). </p>

<p>Reason I'll have to wait for senior year is because next year (Junior year) I'm taking chemistry, and you can only take one science per year until senior year. And you can't take physics until completeing chemistry.</p>

<p>So should I take physics senior year AS WELL AS AP Bio?</p>

<p>What do you want to major in?</p>

<p>trust me, physics + ap science is not that bad. I took reg. chemistry and ap bio together no problem and i'm taking reg. physics + ap chem together no problem. Quite a few of the schools i'm applying to either require or strongly reccomend that you at least have a unit of physics</p>

<p>most good colleges require physics if your school offers it so its basically a necessity. regular physics is pretty easy</p>

<p>mbhamm4, I want to major in Computer Science. </p>

<p>thanks a lot guys for the advice</p>

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<p>you're only a sophomore, so you probably won't end up majoringn ing computer science, just because you grow and change so much in college. I would take everything you can in high school, so you have all hte opportunities you want in college.</p>

<p>I don't know if I can fit physics in my schedule, either. I opted for AP Chemistry this year, because my chem teacher (i took regular last year) said I wouldn't be challenged at all and AP Chem was better suited. I'm loving it :)
I might go right into AP Physics senior year...either that or AP Bio. I'm a little nervous about going straight into AP, but a lot of people do that in my school so I guess it will be okay. I don't know, though...scheduling stinks :(</p>

<p>Most selective colleges and certainly highly selective will expect to see the 3 major science courses chem, bio, physics. It is excellent, but less important that you take AP in these. You should consider other science classes only after this core group, unless there is some particular elective you really really want and think you will have a strong profile enough to be an exception. Usually 4 years science will include some kind of intro 9th grade integrated science or something then chem, physics, and bio in whatever order.</p>

<p>Yes, freshman year i took what is called "Geophysical Science." at my school. The curriculum that they want you to follow is this:
9th grade - Geophysical Science
10th grade - Biology
11th grade - Chemistry
12th grade - Physics</p>

<p>That's what I see as a waste of time. I'm in biology right now, and was planning on taking Chemistry in the summer at a community college (I checked with them and they said that my high school's Chemistry is very similar to their curriculum of Chemistry). Then in 11th grade I would take AP Chem, then senior year AP Bio. </p>

<p>Should I do regular Physics instead of AP Chem junior year then?</p>

<p>you HAVE to take physics, so drop anything that gets in the way of that</p>